Feb 09 It’s really not too late to get your flu shot, and other flu myths debunked By Laura Santhanam Here's what you actually can (and can't) do to prevent flu this season. Continue reading
Feb 09 Watch 4:31 What you need to know about the worst flu season in nearly a decade By PBS News Hour This year's brutal flu season is not easing its grip yet: hospitalizations are up, doctors visits have reached 2009 levels and at least 63 children have died. Judy Woodruff asks Dr. Anne Schuchat, acting director of the Centers for Disease… Continue watching
Feb 09 This flu season is now as bad as the 2009 swine flu By Mike Stobbe, Associated Press It's also surpassing every winter flu season since 2003, when the government changed the way it measures flu. Continue reading
Feb 09 Opinion: Shared medical appointments could fix what’s broken about traditional doctor’s visits By Maureen Mavrinac, Health Affairs This primary care physician has been frustrated with the one-on-one doctor visit model for years. But what if there's a better way for doctors and patients to give and receive care?… Continue reading
Feb 08 This year’s Affordable Care Act open enrollment numbers buck expectations By Julie Appleby, Kaiser Health News With all states now reporting, ACA plan enrollment ticked downward this year, a report out Wednesday shows, but states running their own marketplaces saw slight gains and did better than those relying on the federal exchange. Continue reading
Feb 07 More than 25 million Americans use community health centers. Now they’re caught up in Congress’ funding fight By Laura Santhanam The messy months-long debate over funding that shut down the government in January now entangles community health clinics, which serve one out of 12 Americans. Continue reading
Jan 30 Watch 5:11 To stop overdose deaths, this response team brings treatment options to your doorstep By PBS News Hour Local law enforcement in Chillicothe, Ohio, have found their own way to respond to a slew of fatal opioid overdoses in their community. The Post Overdose Response Team (PORT) sets out each week to find every person in their county… Continue watching
Jan 30 5 medical stories you should be reading now By Dr. Amber Robins, Laura Santhanam It's easy for politics to dominate our news feeds these days. But there are many important stories in the health and medical communities, too. Here's what we're reading now. Continue reading
Jan 30 Medicaid covers nearly 104 million medical visits, but that may soon change By JoNel Aleccia, Kaiser Health News Citing runaway costs and a focus on patients taking responsibility for their health, Republicans have vowed to roll back the benefits, cut federal funding and give states more power to eliminate services they consider unaffordable. Continue reading
Jan 28 Watch 8:06 Rohingya who fled ethnic cleansing face effects of trauma By PBS News Hour Now that more than half a million Rohingya, a Muslim minority, have fled Myanmar from rape, murder and other forms of ethnic cleansing to bordering Bangladesh, humanitarian aids are trying to assess the psychological tolls among the survivors. From depression… Continue watching